The original face is a term in Zen Buddhism, pointing to the nonduality of subject and object.
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Famous quotes containing the words original and/or face:
“... in nine out of ten cases the original wish to write is the wish to make oneself felt ... [ellipsis in source] the non-essential writer never gets past that wish.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
“It’s honest, the sea. It makes you face things honestly, doesn’t it?”
—Philip Dunne (1908–1992)